[Fort Scott, Kansas: Main St. in early days] – Antique Wall Art
![[Fort Scott, Kansas: Main St. in early days], [between ca. 1840 and 1869] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e0/e09ccb13da35-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Fort Scott, Kansas: Main St. in early days]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
[Fort Scott, Kansas: Main St. in early days]
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Fort Scott, in southeastern Kansas, began as a U.S. Army post on the frontier in the early 1840s, and this view of its main street shows the town as it looked in the years before the Civil War and just after. The record dates the picture only loosely, to sometime between about 1840 and 1869, and the caption card's information is unverified, so the exact year remains uncertain. Retouched prints of this kind were often made to clarify details in early photographs, so the street's buildings and wagons are worth studying for clues about frontier commerce.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1840 and 1869] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Re-touched photoprints. No. 22. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arch. Colls.; Markets; BI--HOUSES; Kansas--Ft. Scott; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,200 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140839 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Fort Scott, Kansas, ca. 1840-1869]: Old government buildings, erected 1843](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5a/5a9bbf4fee2c-400.webp)
![[Fort Scott, Kansas, ca. 1840-1869]: Old well plaza](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b151cde5cb70-400.webp)
![[Fort Levett and Ram. I. Ledge from the Ottawa, Cushing's Island, Maine]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/58/587506b06570-400.webp)
